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Books We Love NPR 2019

Books We Love is NPR's interactive reading guide. Prior to 2022 it was an annual list. Books are hand-picked by the NPR staff.
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
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Elif Shafak
1919 (Eve L.Ewing)
1919
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Eve L.Ewing
A Dream About Lightning Bugs (Ben Folds)
A Dream About Lightning Bugs
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Ben Folds
A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself (William Boyle)
A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
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William Boyle
A Good American Family (David Maraniss)
A Good American Family
5
David Maraniss
A Good Kind of Trouble (Lisa Moore Ramée)
A Good Kind of Trouble
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Lisa Moore Ramée
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves (Jason Deparle)
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves
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Jason Deparle
A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies A-Z (John Robert Allman)
A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies A-Z
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John Robert Allman
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
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Arkady Martine
A Particular Kind of Black Man (Tope Folarin)
A Particular Kind of Black Man
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Tope Folarin
A Prince on Paper (Alyssa Cole)
A Prince on Paper
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Alyssa Cole
A Song for a New Day (Sarah Pinsker)
A Song for a New Day
12
Sarah Pinsker
A Spectral Hue (Craig Laurance Gidney)
A Spectral Hue
13
Craig Laurance Gidney
A Wild and Precious Life (Edie Wyndsor & Joshua Lyon)
A Wild and Precious Life
14
Edie Wyndsor & Joshua Lyon
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Sonia Purnell)
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
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Sonia Purnell
Acid for the Children (Flea)
Acid for the Children
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Flea
Agent Running in the Field (John Le Carré)
Agent Running in the Field
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John Le Carré
Alienation (Ines Estrada)
Alienation
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Ines Estrada
All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice (Molly Stevens)
All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice
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Molly Stevens
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
20
Martha Wells
Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawai'i (Alana Kysar)
Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawai'i
21
Alana Kysar
Aloha Rodeo (David Wolman, Julian Smith)
Aloha Rodeo
22
David Wolman, Julian Smith
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfec (Shing Yin Khor)
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfec
23
Shing Yin Khor
American Pop (Snowden Wright)
American Pop
24
Snowden Wright
American Spy (Lauren Wilkinson)
American Spy
25
Lauren Wilkinson
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago (Alex Kotlowitz)
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
26
Alex Kotlowitz
An American Sunrise (Joy Harjo)
An American Sunrise
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Joy Harjo
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (William Dalrym)
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
28
William Dalrym
Another (Christian Robertson)
Another
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Christian Robertson
Any Old Diamonds (KJ Charles)
Any Old Diamonds
30
KJ Charles
The Archive of Alternate Endings (Lindsey Drager)
The Archive of Alternate Endings
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Lindsey Drager
Are You Listening? (Tillie Walden)
Are You Listening?
32
Tillie Walden
The Art of Statistics (David Spiegelhalter)
The Art of Statistics
33
David Spiegelhalter
Ask Again, Yes (Mary Beth Keane)
Ask Again, Yes
34
Mary Beth Keane
Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America (James Poniewozik)
Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
35
James Poniewozik
The Austen Playbook (Lucy Parker)
The Austen Playbook
36
Lucy Parker
Ayesha at Last (Uzma Jalaluddin)
Ayesha at Last
37
Uzma Jalaluddin
Bbtm Fdrs (Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore)
Bbtm Fdrs
38
Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore
Be Recorder (Carmen Gimenez Smith)
Be Recorder
39
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Beruit Hellfire Society (Rawi Hage)
Beruit Hellfire Society
40
Rawi Hage
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